Edgecoin (EDGT) is a decentralized crypto bank that offers a modern twist on traditional finance. It provides users with a fast and easy payment gateway, allowing them to deposit their Edgecoins into digital wallets. EDGT is a stablecoin pegged to the USD, achieved through maintaining reserves equal in value to the circulating EDGT tokens.

Edgecoin Bank aims to become a leader in global payments, offering services such as money transfers and settlement solutions powered by its fiat-backed stablecoin, Edgecoin (EDGT).

Luke Arliss is the founder and CEO of Edgecoin.

Edgecoin offers an innovative solution to the issues surrounding unregulated and non-fiat-backed stablecoins. It merges the benefits of traditional financial systems with the strengths of the Internet, including strong infrastructure, regulatory oversight, and currency stability. EDGT tokens are supported by reserves to maintain a stable peg to the USD. Edgecoin also provides various utilities, including the ability to make transactions and rewards in the form of Gradecoin for EDGT holders.

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According to the projects whitepaper, EDGT has a total supply of 1,000,000,000. The current circulating supply is 210 million EDGT. The token allocation is as follows: public (95%), team (5%).

EDGT is issued on the Stellar blockchain, secured using the Stellar Consensus Protocol (SCP). SCP provides decentralized control, low latency, flexible trust, and asymptotic security. Anyone can participate in achieving consensus, preventing any single entity from having majority decision-making power. Transactions are confirmed quickly and safeguards are in place against bad actors attempting to join the network.

EDGT can be purchased on centralized exchanges such as ProBit Global, CEX.IO, Coinsbit, P2B, and HitBTC. Track EDGT live prices in real-time with the CMC mobile app.

Edgecoin (EDGT) is issued by UK-based company Edgecoin Bank. According to its whitepaper, Edgecoin Bank claims to be a decentralized crypto bank that offers a modern twist on traditional finance by providing its users with a fast and easy payment gateway. Through the system, customers can deposit their Edgecoins into digital wallets.

EDGT is a stablecoin (stable-value cryptocurrency) that mirrors the price of the U.S. dollar. According to the company, the tokens peg to the USD is achieved via maintaining a sum of commercial paper, fiat deposits, cash, reserve repo notes, and treasury bills in reserves that is equal in USD value to the number of EDGT in circulation.

As laid out in its whitepaper, Edgecoin Bank is assisting customers in over 120 countries to manage their crypto assets, and plans to become the leader in global payments by offering a variety of services such as money transfers and settlement solutions powered by its fiat-backed stablecoin, Edgecoin (EDGT).

According to Crunchbase, Luke Arliss is the founder and CEO of Edgecoin.

As laid out in its whitepaper, Edgecoin offers an innovative solution to the issues surrounding unregulated and non-fiat-backed stablecoins. As a digital asset, it merges the benefits of traditional financial systems with those offered by the Internet: strong infrastructure, regulatory oversight, and currency stability.

To secure a stable peg to the US dollar, EDGT tokens are supported by an array of reserves which include commercial paper, fiat deposits, cash, reserve repo notes, and treasury bills. This is in order to ensure that their total value remains equal to the volume of EDGT tokens circulating in circulation.

A unique feature of Edgecoin is the number of utilities it provides. Users are able to use EDGT to make transactions. Another incentive EDGT holders receive is the Gradecoin which is a DeFi coin designed to reward those who are holding their EDGT tokens in their wallets.

According to the projects official whitepaper, EDGT has a total supply of 1,000,000,000. The current circulating supply is 210 million EDGT. Regarding tokenomics, the allocation is as follows: public (95%), team (5%).

EDGT is issued on the Stellar blockchain, which is secured using the Stellar Consensus Protocol. It has four main properties: Decentralized control, low latency, flexible trust, and asymptotic security.

Through SCP, anyone is able to join the process of achieving consensus, and no single entity can end up with the majority of decision-making power. Transactions are also confirmed cheaply and within a few seconds — and safeguards are in place if bad actors attempt to join the network.

EDGT can be purchased on various centralized exchanges such as ProBit Global, CEX.IO, Coinsbit, P2B and HitBTC.

Keep track of EDGT live prices in real-time with the CMC mobile app.